1	-	Han C, Xiao W, Zhao G, Sun M, Qu W, Du A (2014): Re-Os geochronology on molybdenites from the Donggebi Mo Deposit in the Eastern Tianshan of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt and its geological significance. Resource Geology 64 (2) 136-148.
2	-	Han C, Xiao W, Zhao G, Sun M, Qu W, Du A (2014): Re-Os geochronology on molybdenites from the Donggebi Mo Deposit in the Eastern Tianshan of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt and its geological significance. Resource Geology 64 (2) 136-148.
3	-	Hannah, J.L., Stein, H.J., Wieser, M.E., de Laeter, J.R., and Varner, M.D. (2007) Molybdenum isotope variations in molybdenite: Vapor transport and Rayleigh fractionation of Mo. Geology, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 703-706.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Oyu Tolgoi mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

615969

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:615969:6

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite

1.3km (0.8 miles)

ⓘ Central Oyu deposit, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

3.0km (1.9 miles)

ⓘ Hugo Dummett South Cu-Au deposit, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

4.7km (2.9 miles)

ⓘ Hugo Dummett Cu-Au deposit (North Oyu Cu-Au deposit), Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

54.1km (33.6 miles)

ⓘ Tsogttsetsii area, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

References

Yi Zhang, Fengjun Nie, Sihong Jiang, and Peng Hu (2003): Geological Bulletin of China 22(9), 708-712

Davaasuren, O. E., Lee, B. H., Kim, I. J., Ryoo, C. R., & Heo, C. H. (2016). Characteristics of the Copper Mineralization in Tsogttsetsii Area, Mongolia. Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea, 29(1), 23-34.

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Molybdenite from Oyu Tolgoi mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

Molybdenite from
Oyu Tolgoi mine, Oyu Tolgoi Cu-Au ore field (Turquoise Hill Cu-Au ore field), Erdenetsogt, Khanbogd District, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia